Is there any way to make Chrome automatically remove a file from the list of downloads after it's finished downloading?

If not, is there at least any way to auto-hide the download bar after a few seconds? It's so darn annoying when it takes up screen estate, and if I can't remove my downloads from the main list, at least I'd like to hide the download bar so I can get on with my work.

Not sure if this will work for everyone but I hit the three bars (settings) and clicked "Downloads" which brings up a page of downloaded file history. When I closed the page, the list of files in the download bar was cleared automatically.

There's a nice extension that solves this problem called "clear-downloads", I like this extension because it only auto clears the download bar/ download history and nothing else such as cookies etc (I use other plugins for those already).

The extension auto clears the download bar/ download history of completed downloads every 10 seconds, which sounds heavy hitting to me, but so far in my experience I've not seen a decrease in web browser performance. What's more, source code is hosted on github.

Keep in mind this extension has no settings, and will not show up in the extensions bar (you can still get to it via the 3 horizontal bars > tools > extensions, clear-downloads) you will be expected to know where you saved your files. Loving this little niche extension though, it's gotten rid of the most annoying thing about Chrome for me.